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Colorado and FC Dallas are playing tonight, rematch of the 2010 MLS cup final.
Dallas has been struggling as of late but no better way to get on the board against a hot colorado team. It seems like Colorado is following the footsteps of RSL.. Sneak in a final spot for the playoffs, win the champ then become an elite team the next season.
[QUOTE=kaiteng]This generation of Canadian soccer players just don't care about their own team, since Team Canada is unlikely to be any better than USA or Mexico in the chance to qualify for the World Cup. If there is a chance to play with other national teams they will desert Team Canada in a heartbeat.
Here's a list: Owen Hargreaves (England), [B]Jonathan De Guzman (Netherlands),[/B] Asmir Begovic (Bosnia), Teal Bunbury (USA), and maybe soon David Hoilett (Jamaica, England or USA).
Imagine if all those players chose to play with Team Canada.[/QUOTE]
De Guzman made the pre-selections once, but it's unlikely he'll ever make the Dutch national team. He remains eligible to play for Canada.
[QUOTE=kaiteng]Even he chooses to play with Team Canada, there will still be some bad responses among disappointed Canadian fans for sure.[/QUOTE]
They'll forget quickly though. The guy is a pretty talented player.
FCD woke up in a big way with a dominating 3-0 win over Colorado. :rockon:
[QUOTE=kaiteng]Ferreira is still the man. :applause:[/QUOTE]
you mean a toddler?
Can't wait for the Red Bulls to put a thumping on the Union. We also need more posters in this thread.. I'm amazed how US soccer fans refuse to watch the MLS and rate it as a amateur league. Eurosnobs
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US soccer fans are spoiled by all European soccer coverages on cable channels.[/QUOTE]
it would be nice if ESPN wold show some highlights. Its crazy to me how little they mention MLS even though they air games. Even the more local sports channels hardly cover FCD or Houston down here. Fox Sports SW is airing the game... on tape delay today. Then again, at least its being aired.
AS for on the field, I am glad the Brek Shea CB experiment seems to be over and that he has been moved to LB.
[QUOTE=kentatm]it would be nice if ESPN wold show some highlights. Its crazy to me how little they mention MLS even though they air games. Even the more local sports channels hardly cover FCD or Houston down here. Fox Sports SW is airing the game... on tape delay today. Then again, at least its being aired.
AS for on the field, I am glad the Brek Shea CB experiment seems to be over and that he has been moved to LB.[/QUOTE]
I never liked Shea at CB, I always thought he was a good winger. Putting him at LB will take advantage of his offensive abilities more.
And it's embarrassing how ESPN doesn't even mention MLS at all. You would think with a possible NFL/NBA lockout looming you would try to throw MLS in the mix. Not to mention there's only so much Baseball and 24/7 lockout coverage you can talk about during the summer. Atleast show some clips of the more prestigious teams, show some clips, have a MLS weekly show every week. Even Bass pro fishing and poker have more coverage on ESPN
Toronto FC battled to a draw with Galaxy at BMO tonight. I caught most of the first half. Galaxy missed a goal off the goal post.
Real Salt Lake took down Colorado 1-0 in the 3rd minute of extra time to remain unbeaten.
Tomorrow night the MLS game of teh week will be on ESPN2 with expansion Portland opens their remodeled stadium against Chicago at 11pm ET.
Its a pretty cool stadium. They converted a minor league baseball park into a soccer pitch.
they have a cool 3D stadium tour on their website that I really wish every pro team in this country had. You can click on any seat and see what the seat view is. Its kind of similar to the street view on Google Maps.
[URL="http://pgepark.io-media.com/"]http://pgepark.io-media.com/[/URL]
Portland/Chicago is starting now on ESPN2.
Their crowd kicks ass. Very vocal. Its raining so the game might get sloppy depending on how good their drainage system is.
I am going to go ahead and say Portland is going to rival Seattle for best fans and atmosphere if they keep this up.
Their 8k strong supporters section sang the national anthem and they have been very vocal.
The officials are out causing havoc again by disallowing a clear goal by Kenny Cooper.
holy shit! they have a guy with a chainsaw that runs it on corners and cuts a slab of wood off a log when they score! that shit was funny
Portland wins 4-2.
Calling it now, the Portland Timbers have the best supporters section in all of MLS.
[QUOTE=kaiteng]This is why the Northwest Triangle (Sounders, Timbers, Whitecaps) feud is awesome.[/QUOTE]
I'm going to have to agree.
Its crazy how into it all those 3 groups are.
I can wait to see BC Place reopen with their new roof.
RSL is setting itself up to be called the greatest MLS team of all time if it can take out Monterrey and then compete well in the Club World Cup.
I'm going to the Chicago Fire vs LA Galaxy game. I don't want to come off as a fanboy but I am disappointed beckham is suspended for the game.